The Confusing Mobee Magic Charger
I recently purchased a Mobee Magic Charger for my Apple Magic Mouse. ? I have been using the Magic Mouse for a few months, I love it with the exception of its insatiable desire for AA batteries. ?It seems like I am always putting new batteries in it. I heard...
The Cosmonaut: A Wide-Grip Stylus for Touch Screens
Since buying the first iPad a year ago I have looked for and tried many a stylus. ?I have found myself disappointed in all of them. I came across a Kickstarter project named The Cosmonaut which looks like a big crayon to me and conceived by the same people who...
Dear Android, More is not Necessarily Better
Marco Arment had a great and timely post about the future of Android over the weekend. ?It’s timely because I had just gone through the whole iPhone on AT&T to Android on Verizon to iPhone on Verizon journey and his words rang true. ?I had just wrote about the experience...
lunchy: A friendly wrapper for OS X launchctl - The Changelog
I really don’t enjoy running the OS X launchctl from the command line, it takes me a while to remember how to use it. ?Lunchy is a Ruby gem that wraps launchctl. ?I use gems all the time and this is something I can remember:
Easily iPad Enable Your WordPress Blog
The Apple iPad is the single most exciting technology to come since the introduction of the IBM PC many years ago. ?I am old enough to see both come to market. ?The iPad is a platform for content consumption and we are seeing only the very beginning of how creators...
2011 Conference Season
I mentioned in my review post of 2010 that I planned to spend more time networking, in particular attending conferences. ?I have a pretty solid schedule between conferences and vacation time to last me into the Fall. I will be attending the first two representing InfoQ, so if you are...
InfoQ: Meet the Goliath of Ruby Application Servers
I have had the opportunity recently to discuss Goliath, a new Ruby application server from PostRank Labs, with its creator Ilya Grigorik. ?The article and interview titled,?Meet the Goliath of Ruby Application Servers, is?now up on the InfoQ web site, please give it a read. ?I think it is a...